Kotter International helps leaders accelerate strategy implementation in their organizations. We employ the knowledge and research of Dr. John Kotter, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Kotter International helps organizations become more agile and move faster, with alignment and acceleration. Combining deep business acumen and experience, we provide the guidance that helps our clients implement their strategies through the 8-Step Process for Leading Change.

What Happens When the Strategy Consultants Leave?

The key process that helps ensure sustained success is a proven 8-Step Process for Leading Change. When it is deployed continuously, the process becomes part of an organization’s corporate culture, and helps it consistently achieve results at an accelerated pace. Concretely, this can mean hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in value. This approach works for all kinds of strategic changes, whether they involve an acquisition, large systems implementation, major reorganization, sales and growth initiatives, or accelerated product innovation.

John Kotter and his Harvard colleague, Jim Heskett, conducted a study nearly 20 years ago that quantified the financial opportunities resulting from execution acceleration. Over an 11-year period, they compared economic results for firms that struggled to change quickly and wisely to organizations that were much more capable in that regard. The results were extraordinary: Revenue growth for the first group was 682% vs. 166% for the other; net income growth was 756% vs. 1%; stock price growth was 901% vs. 74%; and employment growth was 282% vs. 36%.

That was 20 years ago, in a slower-moving world. Imagine the results now.

Randy Ottinger is an Executive Vice President at Kotter International, a change company that helps leaders build the capacity to drive transformation in their organizations. John Kotter is the chief innovation officer at Kotter International and is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School.

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Naturally – That’s because the strategist has forgotten to include the compass that guides the company forward .

Listen to W. Edwards Deming, probably the greatest American-born expert on Quality: When people and organizations focus primarily on quality, quality tends to increase and costs fall over time. However, when people and organizations focus primarily on costs, costs tend to rise and quality declines over time.

To which he could have added to the later, and then their business model / strategy falls apart and they / it evaporate.

I guess I’m just learning what quite a few others know about Mr. John Kotter: he always has something relevant, significant, and helpful to say.

It’s truly amazing that, of all the contributors in this sector of Forbes.com, there are so few who are really worth the time in terms of what we’re looking forward to, presently.

I, of course, being still very much a “newbie,” really suggest that if there’s anyone who hasn’t read or heard Mr. Kotter that he’s really worth it.

His suggestions, advice, and commitment are true to the business of business, and true to every man and woman engaged in it…..especially, from not only a managerial perspective …..but from an executive.